Hurricane Cancels El-Al Flights to New York

El-Al Israel Airlines announced, Sunday evening, that it has cancelled flights 001 and 027, which were scheduled to take off for New York during the evening, as well as flight 007, which was scheduled to leave, Monday morning, and all flights originating in New York. The cancellations were attributed to Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to hit the New York area on Monday.

The company has asked passengers to receive updates via its Website. Public transportation in New York is shutting down, Sunday evening.